GAZA (PNIC):-The Palestinian Authority (PA), led by President Mahmoud Abbas, has reduced salaries for its staff in the besieged Gaza Strip by 20 percent, enraging civil servants in the impoverished sliver as the holy month of Ramadan nears.

GAZA (PNIC):-Two Palestinian children on Thursday evening were shot and injured by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) near Awda camp east of Khan Younis, south of Gaza Strip.

GAZA (PNIC):-The body of the scientist Fadi al-Batsh, who was killed on April 21 in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, was brought on Thursday at Rafah crossing between Gaza Strip and Egypt.

GAZA (PNIC):-Thousands of mourners Thursday took part in the funeral procession of journalist Ahmad Abu Hussein, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces while covering protests at the Gaza border on April 13.

GAZA (PNIC):-42 Palestinians were killed and over 5,000 others injured by the Israeli occupation forces since the start of the Great March of Return protests on March 30.

GAZA (PNIC):-Head of Hamas political bureau Ismail Haneyya has vowed to stage large protests against the decades-long Israeli occupation during the holy month of Ramadan.

GAZA (PNIC):-The Palestinian photojournalist Ahmed Abu Hassin, who was gravely injured last Friday while covering Gaza’s March of Return, succumbed to his wounds Wednesday afternoon, Palestinian Health Ministry said.

GAZA (PNIC):-Political Bureau Chairman of Hamas, Ismail Haneyya, vowed that Hamas will leave no stone unturned until the circumstances and perpetrators of the deadly drive-by shooting against engineer Fadi al-Batsh are revealed.